Description
In the summer of 1961, the Freedom Riders, a group of mostly young people, both black and white, including Carol Ruth Silver, risked their lives to challenge the system of segregation in interstate travel in the South.The University of Mississippi's Freedom riders oral history project includes interviews recorded in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of that summer.
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University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern CultureUniversity of Mississippi. Division of Outreach and Continuing EducationUniversity of Mississippi. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Women Civil Rights Workers
- African Americans
- Alabama
- Arrest
- Bail
- Bus Occupants
- Bus Travel
- Buses
- California
- Chicago
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- College Students
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Courts
- Criminal Justice, Administration Of
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Ethics
- Families
- Fear
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- Friendship
- History
- Illinois
- Imprisonment
- Interviews
- Jackson
- Jews
- Lawyers
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Parenthood
- Police
- Police Vehicles
- Political Activity
- Prison Violence
- Prisoners
- Race Relations
- Responsibility
- Reunions
- San Francisco
- Segregation
- Segregation In Transportation
- Singing
- Single Mothers
- Southern States
- Students
- Tennessee
- United States
- Universities
- University Of Chicago
- University Of Mississippi
- Violence
- We Shall Overcome
- Women
- Women Civil Rights Workers
- Women Lawyers
- Women Prisoners